Ulcerative Colitis Treatment: Medicine

The main role of drug therapy for ulcerative colitis is to regulate the immune system’s attack on the mucosal lining of the colon. This is typically done by suppressing the immune response through the use of immunosuppressant drugs or by keeping the inflammatory response down with anti-inflammatory drugs. Suppressing the immune response from attacking the colon allows the colon time to heal and can give relief from the symptoms of diarrhea, rectal bleeding and abdominal pain.1 Drug therapies are very important in managing the symptoms of Ulcerative Colitis but can be most effective when used in combination with alternative therapies.

Medicine with Alternative Therapies

David Rakel, author of the thorough text Integrative Medicine, stresses “The main role of the integrative practitioner is to enhance conventional treatment,” thereby suggesting that alternative therapies be used to augment the traditionally prescribed medicine regime.2

Medicine with Alternative Therapies

David Rakel, author of the thorough text Integrative Medicine, stresses “The main role of the integrative practitioner is to enhance conventional treatment,” thereby suggesting that alternative therapies be used to augment the traditionally prescribed medicine regime.2